Spain 1787-S CM escudo

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Stack's Bowers October 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72265
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This specimen was lot 72265 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $504. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. Escudo, 1787-S CM. Seville Mint. Charles III. PCGS EF-45. An evenly worn Escudo with normal circulation marks for the grade and a pale light golden color." Escudos with this bust were struck at Madrid and Seville starting in 1772, production of this denomination having ceased in 1742. This subtype, with the purity lowered to 875 thousandths, was struck 1784-88 and is common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.875 fine gold, 0.095 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-289; KM-416.2a; Cal-Type 143#1505, Cayón-12366.

Source:

  • Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
  • Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The October 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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